News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A former claims specialist for the U.S. Social Security Administration was sentenced today to four years in federal prison for pocketing $732,382 in fraudulent benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: Burglar Alarm Led to the Discovery of Marijuana, Multiple Firearms and Drug Dealer.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Mary Handzus, age 64, of Laporte, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Oct. 1, 2020 to 12 months and a day followed by two years on supervised release by United States District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann, for theft from the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: Richard Liriano Compromised Dozens of Hospital Computers and Over 70 Personal Accounts to Steal Personal and Confidential Information from Coworkers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Cornelius Pope, 24, from Detroit, Michigan, pled guilty today to distribution of fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Sierra Marvette Townsend (33, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. She faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and payment of restitution to her victims. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury has returned a two-count indictment against Todd Eric Mumma, 57, of Fresno, charging him with actual and attempted sexual exploitation of a minor and receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that LAQUASIA SAMMS, also known as “Quasia," 26, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to making false statements before a federal grand jury in connection with an investigation into the kidnapping and murder of two individuals, and the related murder of a third individual, in November 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A former client relationship manager at Bank of America pleaded guilty today in connection with embezzling $1.5 million from a client company and using a portion of those funds to purchase luxury items.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Robert K. Hopkins, 40, formerly of Central City, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard for production of child pornography. Hopkins was sentenced to 30 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dighton registered nurse pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to drug tampering.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Daniel Porrazzo, a/k/a “lickndipinu," age 51, of Stillwater, New York, was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: For Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Sept. 30, 2020, Gerald McFadden, age 36, of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that twelve Chester County Prison inmates and their accomplices were charged federally with fraudulently applying for and obtaining emergency unemployment benefits related to COVID-19. The defendants are charged...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Archie Kissling, 25, of Aston, PA, was sentenced to 35 years in prison, 10 years of supervised release, and $39,000 in restitution by United States District Court Judge Jan E. DuBois for multiple child exploitation offenses, stemming...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: (DICKINSON, N.D.) - A competitive, sealed bid lease sale for an estimated 5.23 million tons of federal coal in western North Dakota was held Thursday, October 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A South Carolina man, Aaron Micah Jamison, 45, who formerly resided in Lexington, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday, Sept. 24, to 36 months in prison, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, for theft from an employee benefits plan, conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and unlawful storage of hazardous waste.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) September 2020 jobs report...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jamol Franklin, age 48, of Albany, was indicted yesterday for possessing and intending to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine.
